Seeing its getting to that time of year again.I was wondering if any birdforum members.Who used to go to Scilly every October .Had some fond memories of the glory days or had any funny stories to tell.When Scilly used to be the mecca for rarities in the Uk .And also members thoughts on why it no longer gets the number of rarities now.I have only been to the Scillies once in1989.That was a fairly quiet year for birds.But i can remember seeing loads of Black Redstarts all over the place.There must have be a big influx at the time.Other birds i saw during the week were Radde's Warbler ,Arctic Warbler,Icterine Warbler,Richard's Pipits ,RB Flys,Red kite,Spoonbill,2 RR Swallows,6 Hawfinch and loads of Firecrests,YB Warblers.Its just a shame i hadn't seen any megas on my only visit to the famous Scilly Isles.
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